触 chù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
触觉
chùjué
sense of touch; tactile perception
Characters in this word
觉 jué
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- ⺍ sprouts 冖 cover 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 婴儿的触觉发育会影响他对外部世界的安全感。 Yīng'ér de chùjué fāyù huì yǐngxiǎng tā duì wàibù shìjiè de ānquángǎn. An infant's tactile development affects his sense of security towards the outside world.
- 盲人的触觉往往比一般人更灵敏。 Mángrén de chùjué wǎngwǎng bǐ yìbān rén gèng língmǐn. The sense of touch of blind people is often more sensitive than that of ordinary people.
- 冬天手冻僵了，触觉也变得迟钝了。 Dōngtiān shǒu dòng jiāng le, chùjué yě biàn de chídùn le. In winter, when the hands are frozen stiff, the sense of touch also becomes dull.
Related words
- 接触 jiēchù to touch; to have contact with
- 触动 chùdòng to touch; to move; to affect
- 触犯 chùfàn to violate; to offend
- 触摸 chùmō to touch
- 触目惊心 chùmùjīngxīn shocking; appalling
- 抵触 dǐchù to conflict with; to resist
- 感触 gǎnchù feeling; impression; emotional response
- 觉得 juéde to think, to feel
- 睡觉 shuìjiào to sleep, to go to bed
- 感觉 gǎnjué to feel; feeling
- 自觉 zìjué self-disciplined
- 发觉 fājué to notice; to discover